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      <title>General Synod staff cultivates Canadian-African conversations</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Dr. Kawuki (Isaac) Mukasa straddles two worlds. Born in Uganda, but a long-time Canadian resident, Dr. Mukasa's knowledge of both cultures is essential as he pairs up African and Canadian dioceses to talk about sexuality. Dr. Mukasa began this work while he was congregational development consultant at the Diocese of Toronto, and  has continued it as coordinator for dialogue at General Synod. He recently returned from a trip to Tanzania and Uganda.]]></description>
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      <title>Elder-care expert Sister Constance turns 105</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nothing confirms an aging expert's theories like their own long life well lived. On Feb. 2, Sister Constance, a noted gerontologist, celebrated 105 years of such life, surrounded by her fellow sisters at Saint John the Divine convent, Toronto, Ont.]]></description>
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      <title>Primates Meeting Communique</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A Letter from Alexandria to the Churches of the Anglican Communion]]></description>
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      <title>A study in contrasts</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Contrast is defined as "the act of distinguishing by comparing differences" and my time in Egypt this week has certainly been one of comparing many differences.]]></description>
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      <title>Vision 2019: an invitation to dream the church</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Primate, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, is throwing the doors open to all Canadian Anglicans to join in on Vision 2019, a church-wide exercise to discern, dream, and decide where they think God wants the church to be in 2019. This is a great chance for the church to think big. As the Primate puts it, "there's a fresh wind blowing through our church!"]]></description>
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      <title>&apos;Hasten to prayer&apos;</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As the small band of journalist prepared for the news conference today the talk was all about the report of the Windsor Continuation Group. Each reporter wondered if one of the others had heard or seen anything that would give them an exclusive about what was in it. We all hoped for greater clarity when the press conference began.]]></description>
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      <title>Stretching the soul</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In my first report on Sunday I said that this meeting does not seem to have the tension that previous meetings have had. At the first official news conference yesterday Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, the Primate of Australia and official spokesperson,  confirmed that, "There are not the levels of anxiety that have accompanied other Primates’ Meetings."]]></description>
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      <title>TRC breakthrough welcomed, but church apologizes for delays</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Anglican Church of Canada has welcomed a breakthrough in the re-establishment of the long-awaited Truth and Reconciliation Commission on residential schools, but apologised to survivors for long delays in allowing them to tell their stories.]]></description>
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      <title>The Primates&apos; Meeting: &quot;The person praying next to me ...&quot;</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Archdeacon Paul Feheley, Principal Secretary to the Primate, is accompanying Archbishop Fred Hiltz to the Primates' Meeting in Alexandria, Egypt. This is his second report.]]></description>
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      <title>Primates&apos; Meeting starts on a low key</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The sun shone brilliantly in the ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria on Sunday as the Primates of the Anglican Communion gathered for the first time since 2007. This meeting, announced at the Lambeth Conference last summer, seems to lack both the tension and the focus that recent gatherings of global primates have had. It also seems to be attracting less attention, at least thus far.]]></description>
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      <title>Archbishop Hiltz travels to Africa for primates&apos; meeting and PWRDF visits</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[February will be a month of airplanes and suitcases for Archbishop Fred Hiltz. With trips to Egypt, Kenya, Burundi, and Costa Rica, it's his busiest stretch of international travel since his election as Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada in July 2007.]]></description>
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      <title>Amazing Grace donations total over $73,000</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Canadian Anglicans have donated a whopping $73,000 to the Council of the North through the Amazing Grace Project. The project encouraged all to sing "Amazing Grace" on Nov. 23 and send in their filmed rendition to the national office, where they were included in a ten-minute compilation video. Each "Amazing Grace" singer was also encouraged to donate a toonie to support ministry in Canada's northernmost dioceses]]></description>
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      <title>Primate congratulates new Patriarch</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Primate, has written to Metropolitan Kyrill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, congratulating him on his election as Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.]]></description>
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      <title>Primate speaks out against Gaza City bombing</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has issued a joint statement with the Rev. David Giuliano, Moderator of the United Church of Canada, calling for an independent investigation into the Israeli bombing of the Shaja'ih Family Healthcare Centre in Gaza City on Jan. 10, 2009. The full text of the letter is below, or view it as a PDF.]]></description>
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      <title>Day of prayer for Zimbabwe Jan. 25</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Sunday, Jan. 25, Canadian Anglicans are encouraged to pray for peace in Zimbabwe. Under an increasingly unstable government, the country is suffering from a cholera epidemic, crumbling infrastructure, and rising inflation, which has made it difficult for people to buy basic necessities. An estimated 5 million Zimbabweans are in need of food and 80% are unemployed.]]></description>
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      <title>Christian conference calls for reconciliation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An interdisciplinary conference, to be held Jan. 21 and 22 at the King's University College in Edmonton, Alta., will reiterate Canadian churches' call for truth and reconciliation between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals. The conference, titled "Truth and Reconciliation: Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools" will include smudging ceremonies, speakers, small-group discussions, and interactive exercises.]]></description>
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      <title>Pension Office to move Jan. 24</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Jan. 24, the Pension Office Corp. of the Anglican Church of Canada will move from the national office at 80 Hayden Street, Toronto, to a new site one block away. Originally the move was scheduled for Nov. 1, 2008.]]></description>
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      <title>Meet the 2009 theological student interns</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The freshest crop of theological student international interns was in Toronto this week, preparing for overseas trips with a program run by the Canadian Churches' Forum for Global Ministries. The three students spent a day at the national office to learn about General Synod, and share their stories so far.]]></description>
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      <title>2009 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity inspired by Ezekiel</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Korean Christians were inspired by the prophet Ezekiel as they wrote material for the 2009 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The theme "One in your hand" was drawn from Ezekiel's prayer that his divided nation be united in God.]]></description>
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      <title>Primate calls for end to violence in Gaza</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has issued the following statement on the current situation in Gaza.]]></description>
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      <title>Primate&apos;s New Year&apos;s Day address</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What follows is the text of an address by Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, delivered on New Year's Day at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa. It has become traditional for the Anglican Primate to deliver an address in the nation's capital on the first day of the year.]]></description>
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      <title>Church House Christmas hours</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[General Synod offices at 80 Hayden Street, Toronto, will be closed at various times over the holidays.]]></description>
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      <title>Advent Musings 4: Watching and waiting…at the mall</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I work in a mall. Well, I don't exactly work in a mall, but my office is situated in a mall. As I sit at my computer each day, I overlook the second floor corridor as people make their way from one end of the mall to the other, weaving in and out of stores like mice scurrying in and out of their burrows.]]></description>
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      <title>Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations meets in Japan</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[[ACNS] The Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations (IASCER) held its last meeting in Kyoto, Japan, under the chairmanship of the Most Revd Drexel Gomez, Primate of the Church in the Province of the West Indies. The Commission is charged with reviewing current international ecumenical dialogues involving Anglicans, and provincial and regional initiatives towards unity with other Christians. IASCER consists of representatives from each international dialogue involving Anglicans, including the multilateral dialogue of Faith and Order, and of certain other commissions and networks, and consultants who bring particular regional or theological expertise.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The long-awaited Amazing Grace compilation video is released today as a gift to the Anglican Church of Canada. Called Amazing Together, the 10-minute documentary includes video clips from hundreds of congregations that sang "Amazing Grace" on Nov. 23 and submitted their renditions to the national office before Dec. 1.]]></description>
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      <title>Advent Musings 3: Joyful stewardship at Advent</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The third week of Advent is when we traditionally focus on joy, and for me, this Advent joy relates to one of the volunteer jobs that I do: co-chairing our diocesan stewardship initiative, called "Companions on a Journey." For some people it will be difficult to believe that co-chairing a church committee could bring someone joy, but it really does!]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[What started as an orientation exercise for a national communications committee has turned into an unprecedented display of unity and generosity by thousands of members of the Anglican Church of Canada in congregations right across the country.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Katie Puxley got hooked at the 2007 justice camp in Victoria, BC. "My husband Dave and I went to justice camp, absolutely loved it, wanted to stay involved, and have become total groupies," said Ms. Puxley in a recent interview. Now she's co-chairing the planning coalition of the next justice camp, to be held Aug. 9 to 15 in the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anglican Primate Fred Hiltz and National Lutheran Bishop Susan Johnson speak of the Prince of Peace and share Christmas memories in a special joint message now available online.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Peter Blachford, General Synod Treasurer since June 2004, has resigned effective Dec. 31.]]></description>
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